Save the Date – Friday, February 23, 2018, 12 noon to 1:00 pm (ET)
7th Webinar of the Refugee Mental Health Network, An APA Interdivisional Project
*Note if you are interested in participating and volunteering in the Refugee Mental Health Resources Network Database, click on the link below:
https://refugeementalhealthnet.org/volunteer-database/
February 23rd webinar: An Attorney’s Perspective: Best Practices for Collaborating with Attorneys in Support of Immigrant Clients:Writing Effective Medical-Legal Affidavits; Testifying in Court; and Understanding Asylum Law.
This webinar will present best practices from the perspective of a highly experienced expert attorney when working with psychologists and mental health professionals. This webinar is also a follow up to the previous webinars addressing asylum and other evaluations when working with refugee and immigrant populations incorporating psychological tests and information from the perspective of experienced psychologists.
How clinicians can best collaborate with attorneys to document evidence of human rights abuses will be discussed. Participants will gain understanding of human rights law, immigration law, and the importance of health professionals and forensic documentation in the immigration process. Also addressed – how to understand the process of a case, and how to effectively convey your psychological and mental health knowledge – through affidavit writing and in-court testimony – into evidence that will best support asylum-seekers and other immigrants navigating Immigration Court.
Registration information/flyer to follow.